Bob Wills:Mississippi River Blues Lyrics

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Oh you Mississippi river with waters so deep and wideMy thoughts of you keep rising just like an evening tideI'm just like a seagull that's left the seaOh your muddy waters keep on calling me

I'm gonna pack my grip and head that wayYou'll see me hanging round again some day'Cause I know that's the only way to lose the Mississippi river blues

I've often ridden on your bosom from Memphis down to New OrleansFloating over muddy waters drifting through familiar scenesAnd when I hear that whistle of an old steamboatDown that Mississippi river again I'm a going to float

I'm gonna pack my grip and head that wayYou'll see me hanging round again some day'Cause I know that's the only way to lose that mean old Mississippi river blues